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Ch. 6
Joel’s Appearance and the Blank Pictures
That girl from the concert sat on her bed looking down thinking, “Why was Benji at the concert? He’s dead… I remember mom saying he died…” She looked around her room and stood up and walked up to her closet, she glanced back at the bed and looked down, “Hopefully mom gets the camera developed.”
Thump
She looked at her closet, “Wha?” She started to open the closet
“Susan?”
Her mom called up the steps
Susan let go of the closet and ran out the door
The closet door started to shut, stopping it started to open slowly again
Susan ran to the top of the steps, “Yes mom?” She called down
Her mom was standing at the bottom of the steps holding the packet for the pictures, “I developed the pictures from your concert.” She said and held them up
Susan ran down the steps and grabbed the packet, “Thanks mom!” She said and ran back up the steps, she began to open the packet, pulling out the pictures she stopped at the top of the steps, she flipped through them and got to the ones she took over Billy’s shoulder, “What the…” she gasped
Benji wasn’t in the pictures
She turned and looked down the steps, “Mother?”
She heard her mom’s car start
“She has to go back to work!” Susan sighed and looked down, “Not cool…” She looked at the pictures, “I can’t believe it! The pictures don’t show him…”
Her bedroom door started to open behind her
Susan sighed, “Maybe I should go to see Billy’s family? They are in Baltimore, and such…” She looked up, “It would help if I knew the address…”
It got cold
She shivered, “Whoa… It’s very cold…”
Her bedroom door slammed
She spun around, “Hello?” She looked around the hall, she started slowly forward
A form came up behind her
She stopped and turned around, “Ah!” She screamed and fell backward the pictures flying in the air, she started backing up, “Who… who are you…?”
Joel stood there looking down at her
Susan blinked looking at him, “You look a lot like…” She looked towards the pictures, “But that’s impossible to… you and him are…” She looked up at Joel
Joel slowly turned his head towards the pictures
Susan blinked and looked towards them again
Joel started walking forward past her
Susan screamed and covered her face, she blinked and watch him pass, she started to stand, “You’re… you’re Joel Madden are you not? The other Madden twin?” She asked watching him
He glanced towards her not stirring one sound
She walked towards him gasping for air, “So, I heard you died in this house… how did you die?” She asked still walking forward
Joel watched her come towards him not moving, his eyes seemed blank and cloudy
She smiled slightly trying to lighten her mood, “So what would ghost dudes like you want with lil ol me?” She asked jokingly
Joel showed neither amusement nor emotion towards her mocking joke
She stood by him, “Like Benji you show no marks or anything… why?” She looked past him at a mirror, “Holy shit!” She backed up against the wall, “Dude vampires and ghosts are not supposed to have freakin reflections and you give the right reason for not having one!”
Joel’s reflection showed his mutilated body from the house in which he died, he looked back towards the mirror still emotionless
Susan closed her eyes, “You are not real nor here… you are not real nor here… you are not real nor here…” She repeated over and over again until she found her wits to open her eyes
Joel was gone
She blinked and looked around, “Was I… imagining him?” She walked along the wall watching the exact spot Joel was last
She walked past another mirror
Joel’s reflection showed besides hers
She looked over and backed up looking into the mirror
Her reflection
She swallowed and glanced at the pictures, “Meeting Billy in person was my dream until now… now I think something weird is going on…” She walked towards the pictures, she picked them up and glanced around the hall, “There goes my nightmare for today…” she mumbled to herself and looked down at the pictures, “Where’d this come from?” She asked
On the pictures showed the Martin’s address
She looked up and around the hall, “Why are you… helping?” She asked as if someone were standing there, “I really need to go now… I think he wants me to…” She ran down the steps and up to the phone, “I need to tell mom to take me to Baltimore… to… uh…” She looked down thinking, “Mom won’t take me if I say to go see Billy Martin…” She closed her eyes, “A friend! She’s, she’s in the hospital! And yeah!” She said and grabbed her phone and dialed
Billy opened his eyes slowly, it was night, a nurse was messing around in his room, and he really couldn’t see what she was doing so he really didn’t care. He closed his eyes again, “What are you doing…” He mumbled
She jumped and looked at him, “Uh… did I wake you?” She asked holding her papers the her chest
He nodded slowly and opened his eyes looking at her
She sighed and looked up, “I was just cleaning stuff, nothing to big…” She sighed and turned towards the window, “So… what did happen to you?” She asked leaning on the wall, “When they found you they swore you were dead…” She looked at him
Billy looked to the side at the pillow not answering
She sighed and looked back at the window watching cars go by on the busy streets
He looked at her and sighed, “I really don’t remember what happened…” He mumbled
She looked at him, “Well how did you guys get in the crash…?” She asked
He looked at the wall and shrugged, “I don’t…”
A flash of the bus windshield and a body in front of the bus showed in front of his eyes then it was gone
He laid there in shock
She blinked, “Billy?” She said and walked up and placed her hand on his, “You ok?”
Billy looked down at her hand
It looked torn up and cut, the gurgling was right there
“Holy, get away!” He pulled away and shoved her back screaming
“Billy! Calm down!” She backed up and looked around and started to push the nurse button
“Go away!” He wailed tears flying from his eyes
A doctor walked in with another nurse, “What is his problem!” The doctor asked running up
“I don’t know! He just started freaking out…!” The nurse said backing against the wall
The doctor looked at her then at Billy, “Calm down sir… Calm down!” He shook his head and started towards the door, “Keep an eye on him! I’ll be back!”
Billy sat up breathing heavy, “Wha… where is…” He looked around, he looked at the doctor and his eyes went wide, “Joel…”
Behind the doctor Joel stood in the doorway
The doctor blinked, “You alright Mr. Martin?” He walked forward
Billy didn’t look at the doctor he watched Joel
Joel was following the doctor watching Billy
Billy backed up against the headboard, “What… what is going on Joel?” He asked Joel watching him
The doctor blinked and looked behind him
Nothing
“Who are you talking to sir?” He asked
Joel stopped and looked at the doctor then towards Billy again
Billy looked at the doctor, “I’m fine… please go…” He asked looking down
The doctor looked at the nurses and turned, “Come…” He motioned towards the nurses and started walking
The both looked at each other then ran after the doctor
Billy waited then looked at Joel who was standing at the foot of the bed, “Joel… I saw… your brother…” He swallowed trying not to take his eyes away
Joel’s head was facing down but he was looking up at him
Billy held the blanket to his chest, “And the crash…”
Joel’s eyes shifted like Billy said something important
Billy blinked, “Do you know about the crash Joel?” He asked
Joel looked towards the window and nodded slowly
Billy sat there watching Joel then his eyes widened, “But… it wasn’t…”
Joel looked at him without turning his head
“It wasn’t Megan who did it… it was…”
Joel nodded and turned his head towards him, his lips moved saying something
Billy’s eyes went wider, “No… Rick…” He mumbled
Joel’s Appearance and the Blank Pictures
That girl from the concert sat on her bed looking down thinking, “Why was Benji at the concert? He’s dead… I remember mom saying he died…” She looked around her room and stood up and walked up to her closet, she glanced back at the bed and looked down, “Hopefully mom gets the camera developed.”
Thump
She looked at her closet, “Wha?” She started to open the closet
“Susan?”
Her mom called up the steps
Susan let go of the closet and ran out the door
The closet door started to shut, stopping it started to open slowly again
Susan ran to the top of the steps, “Yes mom?” She called down
Her mom was standing at the bottom of the steps holding the packet for the pictures, “I developed the pictures from your concert.” She said and held them up
Susan ran down the steps and grabbed the packet, “Thanks mom!” She said and ran back up the steps, she began to open the packet, pulling out the pictures she stopped at the top of the steps, she flipped through them and got to the ones she took over Billy’s shoulder, “What the…” she gasped
Benji wasn’t in the pictures
She turned and looked down the steps, “Mother?”
She heard her mom’s car start
“She has to go back to work!” Susan sighed and looked down, “Not cool…” She looked at the pictures, “I can’t believe it! The pictures don’t show him…”
Her bedroom door started to open behind her
Susan sighed, “Maybe I should go to see Billy’s family? They are in Baltimore, and such…” She looked up, “It would help if I knew the address…”
It got cold
She shivered, “Whoa… It’s very cold…”
Her bedroom door slammed
She spun around, “Hello?” She looked around the hall, she started slowly forward
A form came up behind her
She stopped and turned around, “Ah!” She screamed and fell backward the pictures flying in the air, she started backing up, “Who… who are you…?”
Joel stood there looking down at her
Susan blinked looking at him, “You look a lot like…” She looked towards the pictures, “But that’s impossible to… you and him are…” She looked up at Joel
Joel slowly turned his head towards the pictures
Susan blinked and looked towards them again
Joel started walking forward past her
Susan screamed and covered her face, she blinked and watch him pass, she started to stand, “You’re… you’re Joel Madden are you not? The other Madden twin?” She asked watching him
He glanced towards her not stirring one sound
She walked towards him gasping for air, “So, I heard you died in this house… how did you die?” She asked still walking forward
Joel watched her come towards him not moving, his eyes seemed blank and cloudy
She smiled slightly trying to lighten her mood, “So what would ghost dudes like you want with lil ol me?” She asked jokingly
Joel showed neither amusement nor emotion towards her mocking joke
She stood by him, “Like Benji you show no marks or anything… why?” She looked past him at a mirror, “Holy shit!” She backed up against the wall, “Dude vampires and ghosts are not supposed to have freakin reflections and you give the right reason for not having one!”
Joel’s reflection showed his mutilated body from the house in which he died, he looked back towards the mirror still emotionless
Susan closed her eyes, “You are not real nor here… you are not real nor here… you are not real nor here…” She repeated over and over again until she found her wits to open her eyes
Joel was gone
She blinked and looked around, “Was I… imagining him?” She walked along the wall watching the exact spot Joel was last
She walked past another mirror
Joel’s reflection showed besides hers
She looked over and backed up looking into the mirror
Her reflection
She swallowed and glanced at the pictures, “Meeting Billy in person was my dream until now… now I think something weird is going on…” She walked towards the pictures, she picked them up and glanced around the hall, “There goes my nightmare for today…” she mumbled to herself and looked down at the pictures, “Where’d this come from?” She asked
On the pictures showed the Martin’s address
She looked up and around the hall, “Why are you… helping?” She asked as if someone were standing there, “I really need to go now… I think he wants me to…” She ran down the steps and up to the phone, “I need to tell mom to take me to Baltimore… to… uh…” She looked down thinking, “Mom won’t take me if I say to go see Billy Martin…” She closed her eyes, “A friend! She’s, she’s in the hospital! And yeah!” She said and grabbed her phone and dialed
Billy opened his eyes slowly, it was night, a nurse was messing around in his room, and he really couldn’t see what she was doing so he really didn’t care. He closed his eyes again, “What are you doing…” He mumbled
She jumped and looked at him, “Uh… did I wake you?” She asked holding her papers the her chest
He nodded slowly and opened his eyes looking at her
She sighed and looked up, “I was just cleaning stuff, nothing to big…” She sighed and turned towards the window, “So… what did happen to you?” She asked leaning on the wall, “When they found you they swore you were dead…” She looked at him
Billy looked to the side at the pillow not answering
She sighed and looked back at the window watching cars go by on the busy streets
He looked at her and sighed, “I really don’t remember what happened…” He mumbled
She looked at him, “Well how did you guys get in the crash…?” She asked
He looked at the wall and shrugged, “I don’t…”
A flash of the bus windshield and a body in front of the bus showed in front of his eyes then it was gone
He laid there in shock
She blinked, “Billy?” She said and walked up and placed her hand on his, “You ok?”
Billy looked down at her hand
It looked torn up and cut, the gurgling was right there
“Holy, get away!” He pulled away and shoved her back screaming
“Billy! Calm down!” She backed up and looked around and started to push the nurse button
“Go away!” He wailed tears flying from his eyes
A doctor walked in with another nurse, “What is his problem!” The doctor asked running up
“I don’t know! He just started freaking out…!” The nurse said backing against the wall
The doctor looked at her then at Billy, “Calm down sir… Calm down!” He shook his head and started towards the door, “Keep an eye on him! I’ll be back!”
Billy sat up breathing heavy, “Wha… where is…” He looked around, he looked at the doctor and his eyes went wide, “Joel…”
Behind the doctor Joel stood in the doorway
The doctor blinked, “You alright Mr. Martin?” He walked forward
Billy didn’t look at the doctor he watched Joel
Joel was following the doctor watching Billy
Billy backed up against the headboard, “What… what is going on Joel?” He asked Joel watching him
The doctor blinked and looked behind him
Nothing
“Who are you talking to sir?” He asked
Joel stopped and looked at the doctor then towards Billy again
Billy looked at the doctor, “I’m fine… please go…” He asked looking down
The doctor looked at the nurses and turned, “Come…” He motioned towards the nurses and started walking
The both looked at each other then ran after the doctor
Billy waited then looked at Joel who was standing at the foot of the bed, “Joel… I saw… your brother…” He swallowed trying not to take his eyes away
Joel’s head was facing down but he was looking up at him
Billy held the blanket to his chest, “And the crash…”
Joel’s eyes shifted like Billy said something important
Billy blinked, “Do you know about the crash Joel?” He asked
Joel looked towards the window and nodded slowly
Billy sat there watching Joel then his eyes widened, “But… it wasn’t…”
Joel looked at him without turning his head
“It wasn’t Megan who did it… it was…”
Joel nodded and turned his head towards him, his lips moved saying something
Billy’s eyes went wider, “No… Rick…” He mumbled
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